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A short lecture course on the construction of diagrams

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Identifier: 2010-17
Content Description

RPI Professor Edward R. Cary's "A Short Lecture Course on the Construction of Diagrams for The Div. B - C.E. Students at R.P.I." Cary was RPI Professor of Surveying and Railroad Engineering, and his typescript lists the kinds of diagrams presented in the course, such as comparison and conversion diagrams, alignment diagrams, and logarithmic diagrams.

Dates: undated

Admiral Lewis B. Combs papers

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Identifier: 2008-2
Abstract

Admiral B. Combs's papers provide a glimpse into the RPI graduate's professional career as a civil engineer with a focus on deisel pile drivers and articles about fellow RPI alumni involved in WWII.

Dates: Created: 1944-1976

Adolf Kohlhofer survey notebook

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Identifier: 2006-101
Content Description

Field notebook for RPI's Junior Class Hydrographic and Topographic Survey, kept by Adolph Kohlhofer, Class of 1912. The notebook includes sketches of surveys, tide gage readings, level notes, notes on the Hudson River, various computations, and related information. Kohlhofer also listed the surnames of other students who worked on both surveys with him.

Dates: 1910

Albany Female Academy records

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Identifier: 1991-2
Content Description

This collection contains miscellaneous memorabilia from the Albany Female Academy, including multiple class pictures from the 1870s, a bound 52nd Annual Report, dated 1893, and a copy of the 60th Annual Alumni Hospitality Committee meeting, circa 1901.

Dates: circa 1872-1901

Alchemical manuscript by Chaudes

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Identifier: 2006-102
Content Description

Handwritten notebook on philosophy and alchemy signed by the writer, only known as Chaudes. The entire notebook is written in French, except for some drawings at the end, which are described in Latin. The drawings appear to depict how water and oil droplets respond to different materials, like dirt, coal, sulfur, and ash.

Dates: 1788

Alexander R. Colyer RPI memorabilia

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Identifier: 2016-13
Content Description

This collection contains memorabilia related to Alexander R. Colyer (RPI Class of 1923). Items include student grade cards, a Senior Hop dance card, a 1923 commencement invitation, two letters from RPI President Palmer C. Ricketts to Colyer's father, Charles, and a 1926 letter admitting Alexander to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

Dates: 1920-1923

Alfred E. Sorenson papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC 54
Abstract

Student notebooks, 1921-1924.

Dates: Created: 1921-1924

Alfred R. Krehbiel RPI memorabilia

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Identifier: 2022-5
Content Description

Materials pertaining to Alfred Krehbiel, Rensselaer Class of 1917, include a panoramic photograph, and a photocopied section identifying Alfred, a 1917 RPI commencement program, a 1956 obituary, and the Class of 1917 Fiftieth Anniversary Memoirs book, including a letter from Wynkoop Kiersted, Jr. to Theodore Krehbiel, 1967.

Dates: circa 1917-1967

Alfred Tredway White letter to William Augustus White

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Identifier: 2014-33
Content Description

This collection contains a handwritten letter from Rensselaer student Alfred Tredway White (RPI Class of 1865) to his uncle "Gus" regarding President Lincoln's assassination, with an addendum regarding fishing gear. Accompanying the original is a transcription of the letter.

Dates: 1865

Allan D. Colvin papers

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Identifier: MC 35
Abstract

This collection contains clippings, programs from Colvin's service with the Groton-New London Bridge Commission, scrapbook entries and correspondence from the Connecticut Power Companyand miscellaneous certificates.

Dates: Created: 1906-1951

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